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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pragmatism Section II (Lectures V-VIII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to James, there are two ways of looking at the whole of the universe. What are these ways?
(a) Faithfulness and unfaithfulness.
(b) Happiness and unhappiness.
(c) Unity and disunity.
(d) Love and hate.

2. What does James use as an example to explain the significance of substance?
(a) Jewish temple.
(b) Eucharist.
(c) Crucifix.
(d) Christian church.

3. James claims that religion is in line with which of the following?
(a) Individual simplicity.
(b) Moral simplicity.
(c) Rationalism.
(d) Instinct.

4. What position is described as holding that even in vast fields of sameness, there is still difference?
(a) Monism.
(b) Pluralism.
(c) Intellectualism.
(d) Pragmatism.

5. Humans react in what way to new information, according to James?
(a) They are comforted by new information.
(b) They are wary of new information.
(c) They are accepting of new information.
(d) They are angry at new information.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which phrase does James use to describe common sense?

2. Whom does James refer to as feeling fundamentally fed up with life?

3. Which definition is most close to the definition of healthy-mindedness?

4. What type of unity does James describe as a preceding event causing a following event?

5. What position does James state believes everything is essentially the same?

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